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CVE-2023-4404

Donation Forms by Charitable <= 1.7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Published: Aug 23, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-269
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 48.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
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Description

The Donation Forms by Charitable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.7.0.12 due to insufficient restriction on the 'update_core_user' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to specify their user role by supplying the 'role' parameter during a registration.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

smub
commercial
Charitable – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising with Recurring Donations & MoreOn-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
wpcharitable
commercial
charitableMixed
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/522ecc1c-5834-4325-9234-79cf712213f3?source=cve
wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charitable/tags/1.7.0.12/includes/users/class-charitable-user.php#L866
plugins.trac.wordpress.org

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